And Benitez was fuming with his charges for allowing their opponents back into the game and costing themselves two points.

He said: “At 2-0 up we were doing what we had to do and in the second half we had to start controlling, managing and in another way using our experience and at the same time trying to score a third goal.

“We had the chances to score a third goal but we didn’t do it. We have to be more clinical, manage the game and try to get three points.”